A local high school graduate has a post aboard an advanced naval vessel. Managing Editor Tami Roleff tells where Heather Krough is serving…
A Twentynine Palms native is serving aboard one of the Navy’s newest and most advanced amphibious ships. Heather Krough, a 2001 graduate of Monument High School, is a Petty Officer 1st Class aboard the San Diego-based USS New Orleans. The ship is a San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship that is 684 feet long, 105 feet wide, weighs more than 24,000 tons, and can travel at 24 knots. Krough, 32, is a member of the ship’s 427-member crew, which transports about a battalion of about 700 Marines and their helicopters, MV-22 Ospreys, and air-cushioned landing craft. This means that amphibious assaults can begin well over the horizon, as much as 600 miles away from the enemy’s coastline.
Reporting for Z107.7, this is managing editor Tami Roleff.
